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Urban Transportation: Challenges to Widespread Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems

RCED-97-74 Published: Feb 27, 1997. Publicly Released: Feb 27, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program, focusing on: (1) how DOT has changed the focus of the ITS program since Congress passed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA); (2) progress in deploying integrated ITS and the key factors affecting deployment, including the status of the ITS national architecture (the framework which identifies the components of an integrated ITS) and technical standards; and (3) ways in which the federal government can facilitate the deployment of ITS in urban areas.

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Cost effectiveness analysisEmployee trainingTraffic surveillanceFederal aid for transportationGround transportationHighway planningTechnical assistanceTechnology transferToll roadsTraffic regulationTransportation researchUrban transportation